Here’s a wacky idea: if Americans won’t do it, Americans don’t get to eat. Let’s see how long it takes for things to change…

The fuck is a wifi enabled olympic bar and why would you buy one? It’s just a fancy 20kg rod ffs

Isn’t National Geographic owned by Murdoch? I think that’s your answer (and all why Nat Geo magazine has been almost unreadable for 20 years).

Nope. You have hilariously gigantic feet.

It works in Australia. The main upside is since voting is mandatory the onus is on the government (or more precisely, an independent body called the Australian Electoral Commission) to make sure there are enough polling places, voting papers etc to accommodate the full turn out. Further, voting is done on a Saturday and there is plenty of opportunity to vote early/do a postal vote/vote from a completely different electorate etc.

My understanding from several US elections I’ve seen is there are a LOT of people who would like to vote but can’t due to work, ridiculous waiting times, lack of facilities etc. Compulsory voting would mean all of this would have to be taken care of without the states mucking around with their own rules.

To address the issue you have, yes, people who have no clue turn up and vote BUT whilst voting is compulsory, submitting a valid vote is not. So long as you turn up and take your bits of paper you can just draw a dick on them or whatever if you don’t feel you know enough to have a say.

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Not to mention hilarious.

And the Australian people, and the British people.

I’m sure they can extract it from your chest cavity during your autopsy.

The apparent obsession with money. Some people claim to be religious but it’s clear the Almighty Dollar is their God. I know we make jokes about needing a “profit motive”, but there is a grounding in reality. It’s truly bizarre, from an outside perspective, just what lengths and depths people will sink to in order to increase profit. I’m not saying this is an American Only thing, but it’s VERY apparent in the USA just how far people will go.

Empire State radio, R52

Won three elections? Is he including the “stolen” one, or is this foreshadowing?

I agree with weighted voting, but not based on age. I really think your vote should come with a questionnaire that covers current issues and policies. If your answers show you have no clue what’s going on, your vote means less.

“Do people need these?”

“Yes”

“And we’ve already paid for them?”

“Yes”

“So… should we just give it to them then?”

“WHAT? Where’s the ProFIt MOtiVe??”

For fucks sake.

Boy am I looking forward to the World Cup next year. If things keep trending this way it will be one of the most enjoyable cluster fucks I’ll have ever witnessed.

You dropped it because you were in minority government and Abbott was raking you over the coals talking about a “big new tax”. If I remember, what’s his excuse?

I like the idea that Monopoly can teach the strength of unions to kids. To beat a mighty opponent we need to pool our resources.

Ackchually, the word Nazi was originally derogatory towards the National Socialist party. It stems from the Nat-Sozial sounding similar to the nickname Nazi or Naczi (shortening of the proper name Ignatz) which was colloquial for a foolish or awkward person. The National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) never used the word Nazi to describe themselves.

This hard drive is so big when it backs up it makes a beeping sound.